Queen Interviews - John Deacon - 01-30-2005 - The Mail on Sunday - Queen's Boring Bassist - Queen Archives: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Interviews, Articles, Reviews Articles > John Deacon Articles > 01-30-2005 - The Mail on Sunday - Queen's Boring Bassist HOW FREDDIE MERCURY'S DEATH DROVE QUEEN'S 'BORING' BASSIST INTO THE ARMS OF A LAP DANCER The idea of legendary rock band Queen going on the road without Freddie Mercury, their flamboyant lead singer who died of AIDS, is inconceivable to many fans. But when the band announced they would embark on their first tour in 19 years this May, the concerts sold out in hours. When they take to the stage, Mercury's replacement, Paul Rodgers from Bad Company, will be joined by Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. But John Deacon, the 'no-nonsense' bass player will be missing. What could lie behind his decision to give up the chance to join the lucrative tour?

Why has he distanced himself from the remaining band members and resolutely avoided the limelight since Mercury's death in 1991? Since his colleague's death, this solid family man, a dedicated father of six embarked on a pattern of behaviour completely out of keeping with his image as the boring man of rock. He became a regular at a London strip club and became involved with a lap dancer and glamour model 25 years his junior. Leading an amazing double life, he even bought her a flat and a new Mercedes sports car. Maybe this awkward and unlikely situation is why he has refused to give interviews and even failed to attend May's wedding in November 2000 to his longtime girlfriend, actress Anita Dobson. Although Deacon, 53, was always portrayed as the band's most uncomplicated member, it appears he was, in fact, much more complex and intriguing. For behind his shy, enigmatic demeanour lies a man crippled by insecurities, haunted by the death of Mercury and resentful of the success of May and Taylor. Deacon was born on August 19, 1951, at St Francis Private Hospital, Leicester. He was the adored eldest son of Lillian and Arthur.

Arthur, an insurance broker, took his son on fishing trips and trainspotting expeditions. He also encouraged him to take up the guitar when he was just seven. When his father died suddenly when he was 11, Deacon was devastated. He threw himself into music and formed his own band, The Opposition, when he was 14. According to Jenny Fewins, who danced with The Opposition, he was 'a boring charneveracter. The clearest memory I have of him is being in a dressing room and everybody larking about. John never said a word. He was completely unremarkable.' After school, Deacon studied electronics at the University of London. There, in 1971, he was introduced to Queen's founder members Taylor and May. They had just recruited Mercury and were casting around for a bass player. 'We were so over-the-top, we thought that because he was quiet, he would fit in with us without too much upheaval,' recalled Taylor. May agreed: 'He's very solid and nononsense. He's always got his feet firmly on the ground.' Privately though, even then Deacon felt detached from his colleagues. He once said: 'We all have our own friends.

I would never think of going round to Fred's house and he would come to mine. We are just poles apart in that sense.' At 20, he met trainee teacher, Veronica Tetzlaff, at a disco. From a devout Catholic family of Polish origin, Veronica shocked her parents when she fell pregnant in October 1974 with their first child, Jimmy. Deacon and Veronica hastily married in January 1975. Typically, at the wedding it was Mercury who stole the show. Wearing a feather boa, with a woman on either arm, the singer made a grand entrance at the Carmelite church in Kensington. By 1982 Queen had already released their first Greatest Hits album and were cementing their reputation as the biggest British band since The Beatles. Much as he hated the attention, John was forced to live with it but it was having a damaging effect on his marriage and family life.

Ruth Bullen, wife of Deacon's best man, Nigel, says: 'When he came back off a tour, he couldn't revert to being an ordinary person, playing with the kids, taking them to the park and things,' Veronica , a demure redhead, was hardly the archetypal rock star wife. 'She's a normal, quiet, devout Catholic,' says Ruth. 'She wasn't into the glamorous life at all. It took her a few years to realise she could have practically anything she wanted. It was ages before she got a nanny to help with the children.' When the band took a break in 1985 to pursue solo projects, John who didn't sing confessed: 'I went spare, really, because we were doing so little. I got really bored and I got quite depressed.' Queen reformed the following year and continued to dominate the charts, playing sell- out stadium tours for the next two years. In 1989, Mercury was diagnosed with HIV and in November, 1991, he died, leaving his band members shattered none more so than Deacon.

'Freddie's death affected him badly,' says Deacon's college friend and musical collaborator, Robert Ahwai. ' Maybe he thought "Freddie was the band, so what's the point?" John had lost his father when he was quite young. He suffered from depression after Freddie died and I am not sure he has ever come out of it.' While May and Taylor rushed to pay tribute to Mercury, Deacon didn't approve of the hype surrounding his death and avoided speaking in public. With Mercury dead, it looked unlikely Queen would ever reform. May and Taylor went on to solo projects with some success, but Deacon and Ahwai suffered a series of failures, sending the bass- player further into a spiral of depression. Once again Deacon withdrew into himself, ostensibly to concentrate on spending time with his wife, five sons and one daughter. However, three years ago he began spending evenings alone at the most unlikely venue: Sophisticats strip club in the West End of London. Simon Langer, joint owner of Sophisticats, says: 'We took over the club in October 2001 and Deacon was coming here then. We knew who he was. He would sit in the VIP suite drinking expensive champagne.

He was very quiet and, as far as I could see, did not have much of a character to speak of. 'One of the girls Olga, who is Russian said Deacon had first started coming in here eight months before I took over, and had texted her every day asking her out. But she said he was too old and she wasn't interested.' So, instead, Deacon turned his attentions to British lap dancer Emma Shelley, 25, who performed under the stage name 'Pushbar'. It was a most unusual friendship, and one he tried to keep secret from his wife of 27 years despite taking Emma to highprofile London restaurants such as Nobu. Before long, he was reportedly lavishing the model who is well known on the glamour scene and a regular on the Playboy TV channel with expensive gifts. According to Langer, he paid for Emma and her family to go on a Pounds 10,000 holiday to Marbella. She was then seen driving a new Pounds 25,000 Mercedes sports car and, according to Land Registry records, Deacon bought her a flat in January 2002 for Pounds 316,000 cash.

But shortly after their relationship became public, John stopped seeing Emma and today she insists they are no longer together. Speaking from her mother's smart bungalow in Purley, Surrey, with the Mercedes SLK parked outside, she says the relationship ended when 'I found out that John was a family man.' Characteristically, Deacon refuses to comment. Today, as the rest of Queen prepare for the tour, Deacon lives with his family in their four-bedroom house in Putney, South-West London. His only comment on the idea of Queen reforming came when it was suggested that Robbie Williams might fill Mercury's shoes. 'I don't want to be nasty, but Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. Freddie can never be replaced and certainly not by him.' Perhaps no one will ever know the real John Deacon. One thing, though, is sure.

As Ruth Bullen puts it, 'I don't suppose you can live the life he has without paying a price.' Q&A: Queen, Adam Lambert Talk New Tour, Pressure and John Deacon - Rolling Stone Q&A: Queen, Adam Lambert Talk New Tour, Pressure and John Deacon Donald Trump's Inauguration: By the Numbers Q&A: Queen, Adam Lambert Talk New Tour, Pressure and John Deacon "This is the closest that you'll ever get to see Queen as it was in our golden days, but it's not a reproduction," says Brian May Brian May, Adam Lambert and Roger Taylor backstage before their tour announcement at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage All Stories Just five years ago, Adam Lambert auditioned for American Idol by singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You." In his wildest dreams, he couldn't have imagined he was kickstarting a series of events that would make him the newest Queen frontman. The trio played together on the show and teamed up again for a small series of overseas gigs last year. Now, they're launching a full American tour this summer.

Rolling Stone sat down with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Lambert to talk about the the tour, future plans and their relationship with former Queen bassist John Deacon. More News Brian May Talks New Queen Recordings, Freddie Mercury Biopic Adam, how did Freddie Mercury inspire you as a young singer? Adam Lambert: Freddie had so much power and intensity to his voice. I was always a loud singer, so I identified with the way he attacked things. He had such an amazing attack. On the flip side, he could give you something so lyrical and smooth. He had so many different colors, and I'm very inspired by that. Tell me about seeing Adam sing for the first time. What struck you about him as a singer and performer? Brian May: It was both at the same time. I always think that singing is a very physical thing. I'm now famous for attacking The Voice in Britain. I think it's a stupid idea to put someone behind a screen or turn your back to them. A singer is full-on in every respect. It's a physical thing. It's the sound, the look, the animal magnetism. You don't question it. When you see Adam, you see a performer. He's performing from his heart.

He's interpreting the song. I never had any question that he's the real thing. It's a rare thing to find someone with that much talent and the instrument to put it forward. Roger, how did you first see Adam? Was it on Youtube? Roger Taylor: Yeah. A musician friend of mine in America was like, "You've gotta check out this guy on Idol." So we Googled you. His voice was phenomenal. I was just like, "Wow." Adam: Thanks guys! Taylor: I said you had this sort of slight Elvis look going on. I just thought, "Wow, what a voice! Those octaves!" That was my first impression. It was just like anybody else hearing about someone with an extraordinary talent. At the press conference you said he was a "diva in the best possible way." Can you elaborate on that? Taylor: To me, diva means an extraordinary, outrageously theatrical, brilliant performer. May: [Sarcastically] But he is really difficult. Lambert: You ain't seen nothing yet! You should see my rider. Adam, have you taken a crash course in the Queen catalog. Do you know every song by this point?

Lambert: When we did our run overseas in Europe, we had about ten days to rehearse. I'm very familiar with a big handful of the hits. That's what I grew up hearing. There were definitely some songs I wasn't familiar with. It was a bit of pressure to know I knew them and to learn them. That pressure and that intensity of the process gives it a lot of power. I like pressure. There's a lot of younger fans that never got the chance to see Queen live. This won't be nostalgia for them, but a new experience. May: We were very conscious of that in making this decision. This is the closest that you'll ever get to see Queen as it was in our golden days, but it's not a reproduction. It's not an imitation. We're here live and real and we have a great singer. They'll be a lot of newness about this. I think that's very exciting. It'll be loud and dangerous and all the things that people used to look for in us. Lambert: I think the thing that's really special is that this is the real deal. This is live.

In today's music world, you go to a concert and you're getting a lot of playbacks. There's click tracks. It is what it is. I'm not hating on it. But this is the real deal. This is pure. We're not playing to a click. We're not playing to tracks. This is all live instruments. I'm singing all the vocals with these guys on vocals. It's purely organic. I think in today's day and age, it's very exciting for an audience to see something that has that much heart. I know you've played a bunch of gigs with them overseas, but it still must be surreal to be standing onstage with these guys. Lambert: It's beautiful. It is surreal. I feel honored. I feel inspired by it. It's also one of those things where you're going to sink or swim, especially when we were onstage for for the first time in the Ukraine in front of 300,000 people. I was like, "Well, it's now or never. You gotta run with it." It's similar to be in camera with Idol. You go for it. Are you thinking much about plans behind this tour? Maybe doing more overseas gigs?

May: Not specifically, no. There is a possible… We might take this a little bit further. There's some good proposals coming our way, but for now we're just concentrating on this. Are you open to the idea of cutting new material with Adam? May: I'm open to anything. Taylor: It would be nice. We'll see what happens on tour. I think we're going to make sure we enjoy it first. Lambert: I think the thing that's special about this is that it is a limited thing. It's this special engagement. It's not like, "Now we're off to the grind." It's a once-in-a-lifetime tour. Do you still keep in touch with John Deacon? May: We don't, really. He doesn't want to. He wants to be private and in his own universe. Taylor: He's completely retired from any kind of social contact. Do you ever see or talk to him? Taylor: No, no. I think he's a little fragile and he just didn't want to know anything about talking to people in the music business or whatever. That's fair enough. We respect that. May: He still keeps an eye on the finances, though.

John Deacon is still John Deacon. We don't undertake anything financial without talking to him. Adam, you're still going to focus on your solo career, right? This is just a side project for now? Lambert: This is a side-by-side project. As a creative artist, I do a lot of different things. If I'm not busy, I get bored and restless. Earlier this year, I did a stint on Glee . I was in Sweden this last month working on solo material. I'm actually going back to Sweden on Saturday to continue working on that. I like doing a lot of different things. The beauty of that is that something like this is completely inspiring. I'm learning a lot from these two gentlemen. I'm learning from the audience. I think that will help inform and make my material stronger. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners.

For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this? Roger Taylor Roger Taylor Date Of Birth July 26, 1949 Birthplace King's Lynn, Norfolk, England Instruments Drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals Although best known for his powerhouse role in Queen, Roger Taylor is anything but a drummer confined to his kit.. With rock n’roll in his veins all through his schooldays, he has always been a highly active, vocal member of Queen. He famously wrote Queen’s landmark hits "Radio Ga Ga" and "A Kind Of Magic", and was also the first to make a solo album, 1981’s Fun In Space. To date he has released four solo albums, which, aside from his work with Queen, further highlighted Taylor as an musician and writer with a strong sense of identity, a wide musical perspective, and - not least of all - a man not without a sense of irony.

Just consider, for instance, the lyrics to “I’m In Love With My Car”, his B side to “Bohemian Rhapsody”, and a firm audience favourite in the Queen live set. Taylor’s active approach has not been confined to his music: when media mogul Rupert Murdoch made attempts to buy Manchester United football club, Taylor funded the club supporters in their attempts to block the sale, and historically helped them succeed. His history in one of rock’s most famous bands begins in the late 60’s, the time when he first teamed up with Brian May, and later John Deacon and Freddie Mercury, to form Queen. But before that… Roger Taylor was born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, on July 26th 1949, Roger became fascinated with music in the early 50s, when his family moved to Cornwall. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things to come in a pre-teen skiffle band whose collective talent survived just two public performances, both apparently excruciating!

His music took on a different direction in 1960, when he became a rather reluctant member of the Truro Cathedral Choir -- a prerequisite of his scholarship. He taught himself the guitar around this time, but by the following year had moved over to drums. By 1966 Roger had not only progressed to drumming in Cornwall's most popular band, the Reaction, but had also become their lead singer, with his drumkit placed -- where else? -- in the principal position, at the front of the stage. That year, the Reaction won a hotly-contested local talent contest and, according to newspaper reports, were duly "mobbed by young girls". While maintaining his keen interest in music, Roger decided to study dentistry, and in 1967 moved to London to enrol at the London Hospital Medical College. He later studied biology, obtaining a BSc in the subject. In 1968 Roger formed another group, Smile, with Middlesex guitar ace Brian May. Smile played sporadically over the next few years and even issued a single in the United States.

By 1971, Roger had long abandoned any desire to become a dentist or a biologist, and with new additions to the line-up John Deacon and Freddie Mercury, Smile became known as Queen. The Queen legend often refers to how Taylor and Mercury were particularly close, and spent many hours on the town together seeing bands who at that time were their heroes: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Who, all of whom influenced them and helped shape the musical destiny of Queen. Roger began writing songs for Queen from day one, and each of the band's fifteen studio albums included at least one of his compositions. History notes that all four members of Queen wrote No.1 singles: Taylor dutifully provided his with "Radio Ga Ga" , "A Kind Of Magic" and “Days of our Lives”, amongst hits. 1977 was the landmark year in which Queen released "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You". Roger bought a Ferrari, and became the first member of Queen to launch a solo career with the release of the single "I Wanna Testify".

His solo album "Fun In Space" followed in 1981, and was succeeded by 1984's rock-based "Strange Frontier". Both LPs reached the Top 30. In 1987 Roger formed his own band The Cross, in which after more than 20 years he finally resumed the role of lead singer. The Cross released three distinctive albums and toured extensively in the UK and Europe. After the tragic death of Freddie Mercury, Roger returned to his solo career with 1994's "Happiness?", an album on which he explored the theme of "dealing with life and looking for happiness". The success of the album prompted further tours of the UK and Italy. Then came perhaps his most potent album, “Electric Fire”, which clearly showed Taylor as an acute observational songwriter. Rich in contemporary reflections on life, the album was full of attention-grabbing songs tackling thought-provoking and sometimes challenging issues — national obsolescence, domestic violence, and poverty, among them. One track, “People On Streets”, was inspired by visits Roger made to India and the inequalities he witnessed in the fortunes of that country's vast population.

Never shy to express himself, several super-rich and powerful world figures get name checked in the song. That the Queen musical We Will Rock You came into being could be seen as something of a surprise taking into account Roger’s openly expressed view that “musicals are completely foreign to me. It’s a genre I don’t particularly like.” But after working closely with Brian and writer Ben Elton on shaping the musical, Taylor found himself deeply entrenched in developing the show , breaking the rules of musical theatre and taking on the role – along with Brian - as musical supervisor, not only for the first production in London, but for each of the subsequent productions throughout the world. To date, local productions of the show have reached 8 further countries. At the same time as setting up We Will Rock You, Roger and Brian played a central part in the formation of the Nelson Mandela 46664 charity, performing at the first two South Africa concerts, and providing several new songs to the 46664 album which saw them collaborate with the likes of Bono, Anastacia, Dave Stewart and Beyonce.

Roger penned two new songs for the project, “Say It’s Not True”, a song about finding out you’re HIV positive, and “Invincible Hope”, based on the writings of Nelson Mandela and actually featuring the voice of Mandela reading phases from his autobiography. In 2005, after an accidental encounter with former Free singer Paul Rodgers, Roger and Brian felt the time was right to put Queen back on the road. Billed as Queen + Paul Rodgers, Roger and Brian tested the water with a handpicked set of European dates. Such was the momentum built up over the six week European tour, a US tour was booked to follow, which saw Roger and Brian return to the USA to play for the first time in more than 20 years. The impact of the return to the road was summed up in a review of is closing night in Vancouver: “the night that arena rock officially made its comeback”. Of being back at the kit – although the new live set sees him on vocals for a fair part of their set – Roger comments: “it’s given us a sense of rejuvenation. I’m even growing my hair long again.

But I do have to remind myself of my age – and I think ‘Oh come on, behave yourself!’” Given past evidence, did someone say, ‘unlikely’? Having returned to his solo career in late 2009 with the release of the single 'The Unblinking Eye', for the future, Roger is planning new solo material, maybe a retrospective box set and possibly a solo tour. PS. Hair now short! – bad decision! John Deacon - Biography - IMDb John Deacon Biography Showing all 26 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (17) | Personal Quotes (2) Overview (3) 5' 11" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) John Deacon was born on August 19, 1951 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England as John Richard Deacon. He has been married to Veronica Tetzlaff since January 18, 1975. They have six children.

Spouse (1) ( 18 January 1975 - present) (6 children) Trade Mark (2) Bass guitar [Fender] Invented a curious movement: he followed the rhythm kicking quickly on the floor while his body kept the beat leaning forwards Trivia (17) Bass player in rock band Queen . Was credited as "Deacon John" on Queen 's first self-titled album. He hated this and got it changed to "John Deacon" for the next album onwards. Wrote the Number One smash hit song, "Another One Bites the Dust." John and his wife Veronica have six children : Michael, Robert, Laura, Joshua, Luke and Cameron. Deacon has an electronics degreee from Chelsea College - London University. His parents are Arthur Henry and Lilian Deacon. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a member of Queen ). He has performed with the SAS (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band. Graduated with a First in Electronic Engineering from Chelsea College, University of London. Used knowledge to fix Queen 's sound equipment in the early days.

Last appeared on stage on the 17th of September, 1997, at the Theatre National De Chaillot, in Paris. There, with Roger Taylor and Brian May , performed "The Show Must Go On" (with Elton John singing) to close the Bejart Ballet's Opening Night Gala performance of "Le Presbytere N'a Rein Perdu De Son Charme Ni Le Jardin De Son Eclat." So far, this is the last time the surviving members of Queen have performed together. His other main instrument was the double bass, which he played on Brian May 's 1975 song '39. Brian had asked John to play upright bass as a joke. A couple of days later, however, May found Deacon in the studio with a double bass that Deacon had already learned to play. He also played the double bass on a music video for the song, "Who Wants to Live Forever?". Was in charge of the bands finances. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, along with fellow Queen members Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor .

Queen was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Is the only Queen member not to sing lead vocals on any Queen track. Wrote the Queen Song "You're My Best Friend" in tribute to his wife Veronica. Has written to Roger Taylor and Brian May saying that he supports anything they chose to do as "Queen," but has chosen to effectively retire from the music business. [September 2004] Personal Quotes (2) "I probably was the only person in the band who could get a look from the outside, because I was the last to join in. I always knew that Queen had something, but I wasn't very convinced. Maybe until "Sheer Heart Attack" album". We tour for our own satisfaction and for the status of the band. It's a long term investment. See also John Deacon | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia edit Early Years Deacon was crazy, but clever, as a schoolboy. His few fans hold that he magically appeared when Sigmund Freud yawned.

As a young man, he attended college majoring in the technological sciences and two of the five "Super Sciences" created by Einstein just two decades before. His obsession with all things technical and mechanical was matched only by his affinity for ridiculously tight jeans and his unquenchable lust for tennis, which he claimed gave him mild sexual arousal. "Backhand Deaky" graduated with a degree in technological science, and no friends. John used his newly acquired knowledge and bitter hatred of the human race to build an army of deadly robotic drones modeled vaguely after Little Richard. There was no turning back. Rumour has it that Deacon had a brother - Wilhelm - who can only be seen by those wearing 3D glasses. Wilhelm is now believed to go under the alias of Sebastian Gabriel Chennells , and lives in the confines of a Danish church somewhere near the southern tip of Africa. "Backhand" Deaky edit Queen 1973 saw Deacon poised on the eve of his greatest military victory yet. Having already conquered Leicester, Wales, most of Surrey, and two Shetland islands, his army seemed to be unstoppable as they marched towards London.

At the same time, Freddie Mercury , Roger Taylor , and Brian May had just stormed Paris and obliterated Berlin. As the second seemingly unstoppable army marched toward London, John Deacon uncovered his bass and knocked down the fortifications surrounding London using the sheer power of music. Deacon agreed to join Queen after his army was shamefully defeated at the banks of the river Thames singlehandedly by MI-6 special agent John Steed. His career as Queen's bassist went largely unnoticed, but he managed to compensate with his hypnotic, swaying dance and sober expression as he plucked his instrument. This move is now used as a form of execution, but has received flak for being slightly more painful than the lethal injection. John's anonymity grew from there; he was awarded a Grammy for "Most Forgettable Bassist of All Time" in January of 1976, however, he was not presented it because no one could remember who he was and security carted him off. During one disastrous show in Madison Square Garden, after Freddie introduced Roger and Brian, he announced, “ And on bass... er... ehh... em... that guy!

” Most attribute John Deacon's varitable invisibility to both his scientific experiments with invisibility and the fact that most fans were too distracted by Brian's hair and musical glory, Roger's testicle shrinking screams, and Freddie's outstanding voice and giant teeth. A romantic moment with bandmate and lover, Roger Taylor. edit Personal Life John Deacon met Roger Taylor at college in 1968. When Roger joined the band, Queen, he persuaded John to join him, in both Queen and a domestic partnership. This seems to be why no one cared about Freddie being bi. The respective members of Doger, as the couple is called, have had several children, but no one knows where they come from. Though they reportedly have strange entities called "wives", many speculate that the eleven little buggers with falsetto speaking voices and perpetual dull glares are really from this queer-ass romance. It is speculated that Dakota Fanning and Tom Felton may be two of their children. Even though John and Roger are lovers, John has a wife, and they apparently spent quite a lot of time together , as the couple has roughly eighty children--all of whom have their own special Deacon power.

edit Hits Despite this, Deaky Plain and Tall penned many of the bands' greatest hits, such as You're A Person That I Enjoy Spending Time With More Than Others and I Want to Go Pee, along with Some Stupid Pilot Thin for Some Other Band. Perhaps his greatest hit was Don Corleone Bites the Dust, a re-imagining of The Sugar Hill Gang's Rappers Delight. These are not the songs real names, as, due to the Canadian Bill Of Rights, the boredom invoked by Deacon has been found to cause muscle spasms and comas. The majority of Deacon's compositions ended up as unpublished tracks deemed "too shocking" for use on any albums, let alone radio. These "lost" tracks are said to have been cleaned up and covered by hip-hop artist 50 Cent , and used extensively throughout both his Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre albums. It is rumored that the rapper will place remixes of "Misfire" and "Who Needs You" on a 2010 album. edit After Queen No-one knows what happened to John Deacon.

Brian May reported seeing him teaching ballet in a small, rundown studio May accidently visited when Queen + That Whiny, Depressed Asshole toured in Russia. He was recently spotted in Toronto preaching a new religion based from a Frank Herbert novel - Duneism. Recently, The Wall Street Urinal reported that Deaky has had a sex-change operation and is currently the lead-female role in the Twilight movie franchise. The precious few who enjoy both Queen and Kristen Stewart saw the resemblance, but the combined aura of boredom brought on by Deaky and Stewart caused them to forget about the sex-change within a few minutes. This also explains Robert Pattinson's apathetic features throughout the films. Where Is John Deacon? - Hosbeg.com Where Is John Deacon? google+ John Deacon and Freddie Mercury John Deacon was always the quiet Queen. Since the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, Deacon turned his back on the limelight and fame. Deacon only performed thrice with the remaining surviving members of Queen – Brian May and Roger Taylor. The first performance was during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. The second performance was in 1993 during a charity concert.

The third and final performance of John Deacon was in 1997 during the opening of the Bejart ballet in Paris. During this concert, John Deacon performed a one-off rendition of Queen’s hit song ‘The Show Must Go On’ with Elton John and the rest of the surviving members of Queen. That same year Deacon contributed to the Queen song ‘No One But You (Only the Good Die Young)’, which was his last contribution as a member of the band Queen. After this, John Deacon retired from the music industry never to look back again. He never participated in anything the remaining members of Queen did after 1997. He did not even attend Queen’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor went on to form a collaboration with Paul Rodgers with the name Queen + Paul Rodgers and embarked on a major world tour between 2005 and 2006 without John Deacon. During the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Queen was invited to perform and many fans thought John Deacon will join the band, but John did not participate in it.

How could he, when he had made up his mind to have nothing to do with show business? I have nothing but great respect for John Deacon and his decision not to rejoin Queen and to stay away from the show business all together. In doing so, Deacon resisted the lure of immense fame and fortune that awaited him in show business had he agreed to rejoin Queen. This is something not too many old rockers can do. Since Deacon’s final work with Queen as a band in 1997, he has become somewhat of a recluse, making fans wonder what is happening with him. He rarely is seen in public. He does not grant interviews. He has shunned the limelight and decided to spend the rest of his life peacefully with his wife Veronica Tetzlaff and six kids. According to reports, Deacon presently lives in Putney in South West London with his family. “John has turned into a bit of a recluse,” Roger Taylor once said in an interview According to one of Deacon’s friends and former band mate Robert Ahwai, Deacon lost his father at a very young age and suffered severely from depression after the death of Freddie Mercury.

“I am not sure he has ever come out it,” Ahwai said. Of all the four members of Queen, Deacon was the gentlest. He was also the youngest member of Queen, having joined the band at the age of 19. He was the only member of Queen who never sang any lead vocals on any Queen songs. According to Deacon, he was incapable of competing vocally with the rest of the members. His singing ability was not too strong. But he was and is still one hell of a brilliant bassist who has inspired many a bassist player all over the world. He also wrote some of Queen’s hit singles such as ‘You’re My Best Friend’, ‘Spread Your Wings’, ‘I Want to Break Free’, and ‘Another One Bites the Dust’. After the death of Freddie Mercury and his retirement from music, Deacon never gave his support to Brian May and Roger Taylor collaborating with other musicians to replace Freddie Mercury.”Freddie can never be replaced,” Deacon said in an interview with The Sun. Many fans, including myself totally agree with Deacon’s statement that Freddie Mercury can never be replaced. There can never be Queen without Freddie Mercury. Queen died the moment Freddie died.

I totally respect John Deacon for his decision to keep away from the limelight and spend more time with his family. Not many people can make the decision Deacon has made considering the fortune he stands to make from a comeback, but then again maybe some people can if they are worth over $100 million like John Deacon is. In the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List, John Deacon was said to be worth around $103 million. Where is John Deacon? This is a question that is constantly being asked by Queen fans all over the world who miss seeing their favorite bass player. They want to know what is going on in the life of John Deacon, but unfortunately they might never know because Deacon doesn’t want them to know. If you are looking for John Deacon the best place you can find him is at his home in Putney which is in South West London where he wants to be left alone! In Putney, Deacon lives peacefully with his wife Veronica and their family far from the chaos that comes along with being a celebrity. He probably still likes to play his bass every day whilst he looks back from time to time at his days with the greatest rock band of all time Queen.

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury Date Of Birth September 5, 1946 - November 24, 1991 Birthplace Zanzibar, Tanzania Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar, keyboards The life of Frederick Bulsara began on the East African island of Zanzibar on September 5, 1946. 25 years later in London under the name of Freddie Mercury he was fronting the now legendary rock group named Queen. The son of Bomi and Jer Bulsara, Freddie spent the bulk of his childhood in India where he attended St. Peter’s boarding school. He began taking piano lessons at the age of seven. No one could foresee where a love of music would take him. The Bulsara family moved to Middlesex in 1964 and from there Freddie joined up with a blues band called Wreckage while studying graphic design courses at Ealing College of Art. While singing for Wreckage, a fellow student introduced Freddie to Roger Taylor and Brian May, founder members of a band called Smile. Smile metamorphosed into Queen when Freddie joined Roger and Brian as the lead vocalist.

The final member of the band, which was to stay together for the next 20 years, was bassist John Deacon, who joined the band on 1st of March 1971. The rest is rock history. EMI Records and Elektra Records signed the band and in 1973 their debut album ‘Queen’ was released and hailed as one of the most exciting developments ever in rock music. The immortal operatically styled single ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was released in 1975 and proceeded to the top of the UK charts for 9 weeks. A song that was nearly never released due to its length and unusual style but which Freddie insisted would be played became the instantly recognisable hit. By this time Freddie’s unique talents were becoming clear, a voice with a remarkable range and a stage presence that gave Queen its colourful, unpredictable and flamboyant personality. Very soon Queen’s popularity extended beyond the shores of the UK as they charted and triumphed around Europe, Japan and the USA where in 1979 they topped the charts with Freddie’s song ‘Crazy Little thing Called Love’. Queen was always indisputably run as a democratic organisation.

All four members are each responsible for having penned number one singles for the band. This massive writing strength combined with spectacular lights, the faultless sound, a sprinkling of theatricality and Freddie’s balletic movements made up Queen on stage and on film. Through Freddie’s ability to project himself and the band’s music and image to the four corners of 70,000 seater venues they became known as the prime developers of stadium rock, a reputation perpetuated by their pioneering tactics in South America where in 1981 they performed to 231,000 fans in Sao Paulo, a world record at the time. They also became known as the key innovators of pop videos as their catalogue of 3-minute clips became more and more adventurous in style, size and content. Their phenomenal success continued around the globe throughout the 80’s highlighted in 1985 by their show-stealing and unforgettable performance on stage at Live Aid. In the mid 80’s, Freddie started concentrating on his solo career, which was to run in tandem with Queen (“the mothership”) for several albums commencing with the 1985 release of ‘Mr. Bad Guy’.

Freddie’s much loved sense of self-parody reached a zenith with his cover version of The Platter’s song ‘The Great Pretender’ in 1987, the video of which recorded him descending a sweeping staircase among acres of identical cardboard cutouts of himself. His first major collaboration outside Queen was with Dave Clark for the recording of London’s West End musical Time, in 1986. This was followed in 1987 with the realisation of one of Freddie’s long-term dreams; to record with the world revered opera diva Montserrat Caballé. The LP’s title song, ‘Barcelona’ went on to become an anthem for Senora Caballé’s home city and the theme for the Olympics in 1992. While most publicly recognised as the front man to one of the most progressive rock bands of the 70’s, Freddie defied the stereotype.

A taste for venturing into new territories – a trait that was to have a marked influence on the direction Queen would take – took Freddie to explore his interests in a wide spectrum of the arts, particularly in the areas of ballet, opera and theatre, even taking a participating role: in October1977 the sell-out audience of a charity gala at the London Coliseum organised by Royal Ballet Principal dance Wayne Eagling received the surprise of an unannounced appearance by a silver-sequinned leotard-clad Freddie performing an intricate routine choreographed for him by Eagling. In 1987 he made a one-night appearance in Dave Clarke’s Time at the Dominion Theatre, although legend has it Freddie occasionally turned up at the theatre to support friend Clarke’s musical, one night selling ice-creams in the stalls! Freddie would have loved the fact that The Dominion now plays host to the band’s phenomenally successful musical We Will Rock You which has now held the Dominion stage nearly seven years longer than Time’s two year run. Freddie returned to the studios to record ‘Innuendo’ with Queen in 1990.

On November 24th, 1991, Freddie’s struggle against AIDS ended when he passed away just over 24 hours after he had publicly announced he had the disease. Musicians and fans from all over the world paid their highest respects as the passing of rock’s most innovative, flamboyant ambassador signified the end of an era at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium on April 20, 1992 which gave birth to the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the AIDS charity set up in Freddie’s memory by the remaining members of Queen and Freddie’s Executor, Jim Beach. Freddie Mercury, who majored in stardom while giving new meaning to the word showmanship, left a legacy of songs, which will never lose their stature as classics to live on forever. Some of the most poignant of these were immortalised on the Queen album ‘Made In Heaven’ released in November 1995. The sleeve of the album shows a view from Freddie’s Montreux home. Despite twenty years having passed since Freddie lost his life to HIV complications, he remains in the minds of millions throughout the world as one of the greatest artists we will ever see.

In September 2010 (coincidentally, around Freddie’s 64th birthday) a poll carried out among rock fans saw him named the Greatest Rock Legend Of All Time, beating Elvis Presley to claim the title, and ahead of David Bowie, Jon Bon Jovi, Jimi Hendrix and Ozzy Osbourne. A spokesman for OnePoll.com which conducted the poll said: "Freddie Mercury had it all, the voice, the image, the stage presence, everything. "He combined his ear for music with an ability to deliver to stadium audiences and as such millions were devastated when HIV killed him in 1991. His legend will live on forever.” (OnePoll.Com. September 6, 2010) September 5, 2010 saw The Mercury Phoenix Trust launch ‘Freddie For A Day’, a major annual initiative designed to celebrate Freddie’s life each year on his birthday and to support the on-going work of the Trust. The project encourages fans to dress as Freddie for a day and in doing so raise funds for MPT through sponsorship.

No one could have imagined the extraordinary response which resulted, with fans from 24 countries around the world, from Argentina to Ukraine, seizing on the idea to pay their own special tribute to Freddie. Some sent pictures strutting their stuff at home, singing into a microphone in their bedroom. Others took the plunge and spent the whole day as Freddie, including one US enthusiast who dressed herself as ‘Slightly Mad’ Freddie and then spent her day at the local mall and then at Columbus Zoo in Ohio with a penguin and a gorilla. Another took a TGV trip from France to Switzerland dressed in a harlequin leotard. The stories of extraordinary and fun days spent come in their hundreds, and as a result, Freddie For A Day is now an annual event. Taking it one stage further, Freddie’s 65th birthday, September 5, 2011 was celebrated with a major party in London in aid of The Mercury Phoenix Trust, hosted by Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor. A major Hollywood movie about Freddie and Queen, produced by GK Films, Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Queen Films is expected to start shooting shortly.

Freddie Mercury would have been 70 this September and as part of the celebrations a Mercury Phoenix Trust produced fan party will be held in his honour in Montreux.

Question: Who is missing: Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon
Answer: Freddie Mercury